Jobs? What Jobs?

When I went into the teaching field, I was told that there were LOTS of jobs out there. Schools were supposedly desperate to hire fresh young teachers as the previous teaching population got older and retired. The economy tells a different story. The fact is that teaching jobs are scarce, especially for those of us in the communication arts field. It's not so bad for everyone, of course. If you're going into special ed, you can practically write your own ticket, but that really takes a certain person, doesn't it? I just don't have the right temperament. So I went to a job fair in St. Louis with my tax refund. Half of the schools didn't show up, and only one of the ones that showed up offered 9-12 English. They said that they anticipated an English position opening, but it wasn't up on their website, and when that job finally appeared, I found that I would need a degree in journalism. So I went to another job fair. There were schools that weren't on the list. Some of the schools on the list said on their websites that they would need English teachers, but they didn't, and someofthe schools on the list that said they didn't actually did. I ran out of resumes and had to resort to handing out business cards. Also, my fingers are about to fall off from filling out so many applications. Won't somebody just hire me already?